Tag Archives: Advice

The Best Investment Advice You’ll Never Get

Posted on July 17, 2011 by AJ Kessler

We had a guest lecturer come speak to our Corporate Finance class one day.  Frank Partnoy, my professor, introduced him as a hedge fund guy who knew his shit.  So well, Partnoy added, that he once simply donated the 9 … Continue reading →

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Expense Account Instead of Allowance

Posted on July 15, 2011 by AJ Kessler

A really touching story about a guy going to the hardware store with his young son, and realizing just how capable kids can be, followed by a fantastic comment by a Hacker News contributor: Article: http://gamesbyemail.com/WoodTape/Default.htm Comment about article: One … Continue reading →

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Passion Does Not Cause Success

Posted on June 30, 2011 by AJ Kessler

Nearly everyone I went to law school with was there because they hadn’t figured out what they wanted to do with their lives.  It wasn’t that they were passionate about law, or putting bad guys away, or freeing the innocently … Continue reading →

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Start at the Bottom

Posted on March 27, 2011 by AJ Kessler

I’ve always said that talent is overrated.  Most people can become really good at most things given enough deliberate practice.  These photos by Stanley Kubrick, just a lowly photojournalist for Look magazine in 1949, began to show the sort of … Continue reading →

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